Make Me a Captive Lyrics

By Fountainview Academy

Lyrics

Make me a captive, Lord,

And then I shall be free;

Force me to render up my sword,

And I shall conqu’ror be.

I sink in life’s alarms

When by myself I stand;

Imprison me within Thine arms,

And strong shall be my hand.


My heart is weak and poor

Until it master find;

It has no spring of action sure,

It varies with the wind.

It cannot freely move

Till Thou hast wrought its chain;

Enslave it with Thy matchless love,

And deathless it shall reign.


My pow’r is faint and low

Till I have learned to serve;

It lacks the needed fire to glow,

It lacks the breeze to nerve.

It cannot drive the world

Until itself be driv’n;

Its flag can only be unfurled

When Thou shalt breathe from heav’n.


My will is not my own

Till Thou hast made it Thine;

If it would reach a monarch’s throne,

It must its crown resign.

It only stands unbent

Amid the clashing strife,

When on Thy bosom it has leant,

And found in Thee its life.

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